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Not worth buying if you habitually rip cds to you your computer's music library with the intention of using the files both on your computer and saving to an mp3 player ... you will just get a mess of feedback / vacuum cleaner sound, with the tracks barely audible in the background. If anyone knows how to successfully rip the music I've just wasted my money on, I'd be interested. Honestly - there aren't many who play a cd solely on a cd player anymore.

Two bands whom I've genuinely enjoyed and collected music by--that being MUSE & STEREOPHONICS--lent songs to this collection, which is why I bought the CD. Also, there were about 5 other bands featured on this disc who I could say at least, if I wasn't a fan, they were decent.

It's a given that anything benefiting the War Child organization is worth the money since they are dedicated to providing hope and relief for children throughout the world.

I ordered the disc off Amazon and when it arrived I quite happily placed it in the disc player, cranked the volume and started thumbing through the very nice and detailed booklet.

What I found interesting upon reading the liner notes was that, not only is this an all-covers album, but one with a unifying thread; which is that these songs all appeared at number one in UK pop charts at some time, hence the pun of the disc's title: 1 Love (meaning also LOVE for Number One's).

This fact actually made me even a bit MORE open-minded to all the contributions since, even if I wasn't into a certain band, the oppurtunity still existed to hear interpretations of songs that, if nothing else are probably good because, at one time, they'd landed at the top of the charts.

Well, my open-mindedness unfortunately wasn't rewarded, because the songs didn't grab me, and the performances all seemed a bit tepid and unmemorable.

The funny thing is that the 2 exceptions are actually Muse's death metal version of "House Of the Rising Sun," and Stereophonics naked and tortured take on "Nothing Compares 2 U." I know it seems biased, but Muse's track literally jumps out of the speakers with an almost devilish passion.Read more ›